title: Perceived context of reception among recent Hispanic immigrants: conceptualization, instrument development, and preliminary validation.
abstract: Context of reception has been discussed widely in the sociological and anthropological literature, but no measures of this construct exist. We designed a measure of perceived context of reception and provide initial support for the factorial validity, internal consistency reliability, and incremental and discriminant validity of scores generated by this measure. A sample of 302 recent-immigrant Hispanic parent-adolescent dyads from Miami and Los Angeles completed the new perceived context of reception measure, as well as measures of perceived discrimination; Hispanic/American cultural practices, values, and identifications; and depressive symptoms. In Phase 1, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses extracted a factor for negative perceived context of reception. A subscale corresponding to this factor was used in Phase 2; for parents and adolescents, negative perceived context of reception and perceived discrimination were differentially associated with acculturation-related variables-suggesting discriminant validity between perceived discrimination and negative perceived context of reception. For adolescents at both sites and for parents in Los Angeles only, the negative perceived context of reception dimensions were significantly associated with depressive symptoms 6 months later, over and above the contribution made by perceived discrimination--suggesting incremental validity. Results are discussed in terms of perceived context of reception as a new and emerging construct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami.
authors.forename: Seth J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.affiliation: Institute for Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.
authors.forename: Jennifer B
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9064-6603
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Unger
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina.
authors.forename: Elma I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Lorenzo-Blanco
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Barry University.
authors.forename: Sabrina E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Des Rosiers
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Villamar
authors.affiliation: Institute for Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.
authors.forename: Daniel W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.affiliation: Institute for Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pattarroyo
authors.affiliation: Institute for Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baezconde-Garbanati
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szapocznik
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003462:Cuba / Q000208:ethnology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004293:Dominican Republic / Q000208:ethnology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D011287:Prejudice / Q000523:psychology*; D012929:Psychological Distance; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult